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RefNoHF/1/20/1/13/1
Previous numbers98HF.226.13.1
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Howard Walter Florey to A Flores Piran, Embajada de la Republica Argentina, Wilton Crescent, London
Date4 October 1943
DescriptionThanks for offer of help with manufacture of penicillin - commercial production is now being undertaken on large scale - not possible to produce significant amounts in laboratories - grateful for offer of help from Argentine scientists - not practicable for them to make large quantities - would take 6-12 months to assemble apparatus.
Reply written on verso of letter from A Flores Piran, Embajada de la Republica Argentina, Wilton Crescent, London to Florey 28 September 1943 - Understands it is difficult to produce penicillin in sufficient quantities - Argentine scientists would like to collaborate in helping wounded soldiers - asks if Florey considers it is possible to produce penicillin in Argentina for use in Britain..
FormatCarbon copy
AccessStatusOpen
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